Maurice spitzer



M. S PITZER July 2, 1929. PACKING m Re. 17,351

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MAURICE srrrznn, on NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR r0 nnvxmirnoor ox 00., INC.,

A CORPORATION on NEW YORK. I r i IPAGKIN G BOX.

Original'No. 1,681,1'99, dated August 21, 1928, Serial No. 234,064, filed November 1s, 1927. Application for reissue filed October 12, 1928. Serial No. 312,223.

This invention relates to packing boxes for garments, and aims to provide a simple and inexpensivemeans for insuring dresses and other garments against becoming mussed during transportation in boxes.

Great difficulty has heretoforebeen ex-' ofthe dresses by tying them down after packing, but these have proved ineffective. More I success has been obtained by folding each dress over a stiff piece of cardboard, but this plan is not entirely effective, and cuts down the capacity of the box and has other disadvantages.

In accordance with the present invention, the dresses are held securely in position by a plurality of slidably mounted removable rods over which they are folded. In order that the invention may clearly be understood,

I will describe in detail a specific embodiment of it which is shown in the accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 is a perspective View of a box embodyingthe invention; I

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the box after the dresses or othengarments have been packed. in it and the cover has been applied, the thickness of the dresses being materially exaggerated for the purpose of illustration; and

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one corner of the box illustrating the position of the rods and rod-holder after the dresses have been packed, but omitting the dresses themselves.

The box shown in the drawings may be made of cardboard like the packing boxes heretofore used for ladies dresses or of other suitable material. In accordance with the invention, this box is provided with two pairs of open slideways 1'1, 12 which are secured to the side walls of the box ata short distance from each end wall thereof. The

slideways 11, 12 may consist merely of. grooved strips of wood'or other suitable material which may be gluedor otherwise se-- garment, is laid out flat on the bottom of thebox and extending over one end'of the box. One of the rods 13 is then placed in the pair of slideways near that end of the box, and the extending portion of the dress is folded over this rod. The rod thus preventsthe fold of the dress from moving away from that end of the box. The next dress is then placed 1n the box in the same manner, except that it overhangs the other end of the box and is folded over a rod placed in the other pair of slideways, The box may thus be filled completely with dresses, each of which has its fold held against movement so that it cannot become mussed. WVhen the box has been completely filled, the rods as well as the dresses may be held in position by placing a cover on the box and tying or otherwise securing it in position. p

In order to hold the dresses in position when the box is not completely filled, or when the cover is not tied on, resilient means are s most desirably provided to urge the upper-- most rod in each pair of slideways clownward. In the form shown, such means consist of elastic bands 14 secured to the lower ends of the slideways 11, 12, and each provided with a hook 15 which may be placed over the upper rod as shown in Fig. 3. In

drawing down the upper rods in each pair of slideways, the elastic bands 1 1 effectively hold down all the rods and the dresses which are folded over them.

WVhat I claim is:

1. A packing box for garments having a pair of open slideways on its sides near each of its ends, and a plurality of rods adapted to be inserted in each pair of slideways from their upper ends so that each dress may be folded over a rod as the box is packed.

2. A packing box for garments having a I pair of open slideways on its sides near each of its ends, a plurality of rods adapted to be inserted in each pair of slideways from their upper ends so that each dress may be folded over a rod as the box is packed, and resilient means for urging the upper rod in each pair of slideways downward to hold the dresses firmly in position even when the box is not filled to its capacity.

3. A packing box for garments have a pair of slideways at its sides near each of its 10 ends, and a plurality of rods adapted to be inserted in each pair of slideways so that each garment may be folded over a rod as the box is packed.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set 15 

